• Workaphobia <Workaphobia_member pathlink.com> Jun 24 2004
• "Walter" <newshound digitalmars.com> Jun 26 2004
• Workaphobia <Workaphobia_member pathlink.com> Jun 27 2004

<Delurking>
(I realize the name may be somewhat unconventional in this community, but I
wanted to be consistent with my screennames elsewhere)

I'm an intermediate level programmer trying to learn OpenGL. I downloaded the
headers, dlls, and libraries from opengl.org, but can't get a tutorial example
program to link under Digital Mars - it works fine under MSVC5. I did some
(extensive) searching, and found out about the COFF vs OMF format issues, but I
can't seem to find an OMF version of opengl32.lib, glu32.lib, and glut32.lib. I
tried using both COFF2OMF and implib to create my own, and each method produced
files that are less than half as large and missing symbol definitions - I
suppose that means the original libraries weren't just import libs for the dll.

It's extremely irritating that the search results I find seem to contradict
themselves - some say it's impossible to convert a static library, some claim
success, and all of them have forced me to try to reinvent the wheel since no
one has uploaded an OMF library online.

I'm somewhat of a newbie when it comes to the specifics of linking, dlls, and
object files. Half of the terminology I mentioned above I learned in the past 24
hours. If anyone here can tell me what they used to get OpenGL to behave - or if
you can point me in the direction of an already converted lib - I'd greatly
appreciate it.

(By the way, I eventually intend to move on to OpenGL in D. I assume that since
it uses the same backend compiler and linker, I shouldn't have to do anything
extraordinarily different to get it to work there as well - at least in terms of
linking, that is. Correct?)

opengl32.lib and glu32.lib come with the DMC++ compiler CD,
www.digitalmars.com/shop.html

And yes, they should link fine with D, too <g>.

"Workaphobia" <Workaphobia_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
news:cbg0i4$49f$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 <Delurking>
 (I realize the name may be somewhat unconventional in this community, but


 wanted to be consistent with my screennames elsewhere)

 I'm an intermediate level programmer trying to learn OpenGL. I downloaded


 headers, dlls, and libraries from opengl.org, but can't get a tutorial


 program to link under Digital Mars - it works fine under MSVC5. I did some
 (extensive) searching, and found out about the COFF vs OMF format issues,


 can't seem to find an OMF version of opengl32.lib, glu32.lib, and


 tried using both COFF2OMF and implib to create my own, and each method


 files that are less than half as large and missing symbol definitions - I
 suppose that means the original libraries weren't just import libs for the


 It's extremely irritating that the search results I find seem to


 themselves - some say it's impossible to convert a static library, some


 success, and all of them have forced me to try to reinvent the wheel since


 one has uploaded an OMF library online.

 I'm somewhat of a newbie when it comes to the specifics of linking, dlls,


 object files. Half of the terminology I mentioned above I learned in the


 hours. If anyone here can tell me what they used to get OpenGL to behave -


 you can point me in the direction of an already converted lib - I'd


 appreciate it.

 (By the way, I eventually intend to move on to OpenGL in D. I assume that


 it uses the same backend compiler and linker, I shouldn't have to do


 extraordinarily different to get it to work there as well - at least in


 linking, that is. Correct?)

I just got the example program to compile, using .def files to create my own
libraries get rid of the unknown symbol link errors. I consider that to be
pretty neat, since I didn't know what the heck a .def was several hours ago.



In article <cbkc6q$ajm$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
opengl32.lib and glu32.lib come with the DMC++ compiler CD,
www.digitalmars.com/shop.html

And yes, they should link fine with D, too <g>.

"Workaphobia" <Workaphobia_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
news:cbg0i4$49f$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 <Delurking>
 (I realize the name may be somewhat unconventional in this community, but


 wanted to be consistent with my screennames elsewhere)

 I'm an intermediate level programmer trying to learn OpenGL. I downloaded


 headers, dlls, and libraries from opengl.org, but can't get a tutorial


 program to link under Digital Mars - it works fine under MSVC5. I did some
 (extensive) searching, and found out about the COFF vs OMF format issues,


 can't seem to find an OMF version of opengl32.lib, glu32.lib, and


 tried using both COFF2OMF and implib to create my own, and each method


 files that are less than half as large and missing symbol definitions - I
 suppose that means the original libraries weren't just import libs for the


 It's extremely irritating that the search results I find seem to


 themselves - some say it's impossible to convert a static library, some


 success, and all of them have forced me to try to reinvent the wheel since


 one has uploaded an OMF library online.

 I'm somewhat of a newbie when it comes to the specifics of linking, dlls,


 object files. Half of the terminology I mentioned above I learned in the


 hours. If anyone here can tell me what they used to get OpenGL to behave -


 you can point me in the direction of an already converted lib - I'd


 appreciate it.

 (By the way, I eventually intend to move on to OpenGL in D. I assume that


 it uses the same backend compiler and linker, I shouldn't have to do


 extraordinarily different to get it to work there as well - at least in


 linking, that is. Correct?)